Ian Gilmour

Ian Gilmour (8 July 1926-21 September 2007) was Lord Privy Seal from 4 May 1979 to 11 September 1981, succeeding Fred Peart and preceding Humphrey Atkins.

Biography
Ian Gilmour was born in London, England on 8 July 1926 to a family of nobles, and he worked as a lawyer and owned The Spectator from 1954 to 1967. In 1962, he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative Party member, and he was a social liberal, voting to abolish the death penalty and legalize abortion and homosexuality. During Edward Heath's government, he served as Minister for Defense Procurement (1971-4) and Secretary of State for Defence (1974). Gilmour went on to serve as Lord Privy Seal in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, and he disagreed with Thatcher's economic stances, saying that economic liberalism was a threat to political freedom. He was sent to the backbenches in 1981, remaining there until he left the House of Commons in 1992. He was made a life peer that same year, and he joined the UK Liberal Democrats in 2001. He died in 2007.